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The White House is hitting back at the National Rifle Association for its web video, which refers to President Obama's children.
"Most Americans agree that a president's children should not be used as pawns in a political fight," White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said in a statement. "But to go so far as to make the safety of the president's children the subject of an attack ad is repugnant and cowardly."
Here's the transcript of the NRA's ad:
"Are the president’s kids more important than yours? Then why is he skeptical about putting armed security in our schools when his kids are protected by armed guards at their school? Mr. Obama demands the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes. But he’s just another elitist hypocrite when it comes to a fair share of security. Protection for their kids. And gun-free zones for ours.”
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AngryGuy - you are spot on with your observation. While it is acceptable for our president to "showboat" himself with children (also pawns) in an effort to generate sympathy and support for his anti gun agenda, the media supports that, and even draws attention to it. But if the NRA even mentions that his children are better protected that the other children in the public sector, it is detestable. And...."it Shocks and Saddens me..." I guess some people and their families are more equal than others... again, "...it shocks and saddens me."
Whenever the government does something it is good. When Business does the same thing, it's bad. Hypocrisy runs rampant with ALL GOVERNMENT. If government is so good, why do government workers need unions?
Once again the radical rght-wing is becoming unhinged and throwing a temper tantrum like an immature 2 year old. So far the proposal is for the elimination of 1 type of weapon that is not suitable for hunting and is way overboard for self-protection. A magazine with 10 bullets should be sufficient for anyone that feels responsible enough to own and fire a weapon. Registering so we know who the gun owners are is also not unreasonable since you register to vote, to drive, to attend school, etc. Maybe by registering society will finally be able to determine how so many criminals get so many of their guns. I always wondered in the NRA sponsored free give aways to criminals so they could cash in on the blood-letting that followed. Nothing being proposed at this time creates any hardship at all for responsible gun owners. That the NRA can create such hysteria shows a very dangerous lack of intellect and reasoning from what is increasingly a monolithic conservative movement that has no tolerance for independent thought or the 1st amendment which permits the vast majority of Americans to now raise their voices against the NRA. And yes, Obama is still Black so your racial bigotry is still your main reason for this anger.
I voted for Obama. I owned guns before Obama was ever born. I have owned guns all of my life. I have carried a weapon everyday of my working life. I have Never shot anyone, but I am alive because I have carried a weapon, and always made it well known that I was carrying. Obama is a Hypocrit and I will NEVER give up or Register any of my weapons. I say bring it on Obama, you will find out that I am not the only person in the United States who feels the way I do. I am NOT and will never be a member of the NRA, but Obama is wrong on this Issue. I voted for Obama because my own party had all numbsculls running. The Congress had better not go along with anything that Obama wants on this Issue. The Second Amendment is our Saviour, not Obama.
The NRA is peddling fear and I find that disgusting. Obama is the president and he and is family are at risk and are more likely targets than the averaage american. These NRA people are talking about armed guards in every school, come on, we tried something like that after september 11th with armed sky marshalls on every flight. Get the assault weapons off the streets and that would be a good start; if a member of your family had been lost in either of the most recent mass murders I am quite sure you would think differently.
Your a complete idiot! How is Obama protected? By Guns? So Hitler is more worthy of protection then a child? Brilliant liberal. Say I was on Prozac and wanted to hunt you down like a dog ? How are you going to be saved? What about well over 300 million guns and clips that remain in America and will remain? How about the fact even your limited brain could bend some tin and make all the clips you want? Good Lord you liberals are complete morons who cry in popcorn bowls and watch liberal brainwashing on tv.
I don't think Obama's kids are more likely targets given where they live and the elite schools they go to...the kids living in the ghetto in Chicago that Obama represented as a state representative...which now has the highest murder rate in the nation...are in far more danger of being shot than Obama's kids. BTW the NRA is not peddling fear...they are peddling reality for the majority of Americans that live in fear of gang and drug violence. Why isn't Obama going after the real gun violence problem? He's a smuck who goes after those issues that are politically advantageous...not the real problems facing Americans every day.
He is a hero! Now please Obama save fat black children from spoons!
With this Ad, the NRA shows it is willing to throw all of America's children under the bus!!!
Children can not fit under a bus Obama will not ban spoons nor free welfare food.
Too much emotion and too little logic being sounded by both sides in the gun control debate. Wait!! There's no debate going on anymore. It's more like bullying in the school yard. And on the subject of schools, what's so wrong with them having armed guards on premises? About 28,000 already do. Frankly, most of the proposals made by President Obama this morning make sense. But I still think he is using the deaths of innocent children for political leverage. I have just joined the NRA, not because I totally agree with them or their tactics, but because I don't trust our president or the liberal press.
Agree. I'm a gun owner and have a concealed carry permit (including background check, training, and approval). I am not a member of the NRA, but I'm frightened of the direction this is starting to take. Using the latest massacre of children as a political weapon without listening to reason is enough to make me join the NRA - if the anti-gun people don't want to listen to gun owners, then I will have to choose up sides. I believe in background checks, but why limit the size of magazine and the type of gun for people who pass the checks? I would rather approach the specific problem, not use a shotgun approach on all legitimate gun owners or would-be gun owners.
In my day in elementary school, I can remember that when the janitor was done cleaning a hallway and classrooms in that hallway, he would pull a metal gate across the hall at the top and lock it, meaning you can't get past that gate, why don't schools install something like this, so that the main office can actually lockdown certain access to hallways, from the touch of a button. Just like Prison.
These guys are about making money by whatever means necessary -- pretty sad. It's even more sad they're resorting to bringing the Obama children into this political circus. There hasn't been a president in past histories that hasn't has some kind of protection for their family members -- after all if they didn't -- someone with a GUN would take a shot at them -- if no more that to get attention for taking out the president or a member of his family.
Remember, at no time during his presidency will the Obama children ever be more than 20 feet from several gun-toting Secret Service agents! Their security is insured by people carrying guns. So should mine!
Who should pay for these armed guards in our schools?
Then carry what the Secert Service carry and quite complaining..
The federal govt is already subsidizing police officers in schools under the DARE program.
Those people who we don't want to have assault rifles already have them. The street gangs in our cities have them. The militia gangs in the country have them. The police have them. And, our government even arranged for their sale to the drug cartels of Mexico. In spite of this, murders in the US have dropped dramatically in the last 20 years.
It is just the NRA's way of trying to make friends and influence people. Somehow in their twisted little world intimidation and making such outrageous charges are supposed to get people on their side. What they will find out is the opposite is likely to happen.
The President's children have Secret Service protection and armed guards because they are the President's children. After he leaves office and is no longer the most powerful person on the planet they won't need such protection but the next President, if they have children living with them, will get that protection while their parent is in office.
I am not a powerful person and my neighborhood is safe, by today's standards, so why would I need armed guards for my children? Actually my kids are grown but suppose they weren't.
We cut spending for police, yet we wonder why such horrible things happen. We want chaos and anarchy where children might be caught in a crossfire between those with white hats and the thugs in the black hats. Somehow our country is out of control and we need to work hard and fast to fix that or we will look like the streets of Somalia or Syria, Libya or many of the villages and towns in the Middle East. We will destroy our buildings and our people but some in Congress won't approve the funds to pay for the carnage. It will be collateral that locals will have to clean up on their own (Sandy anyone?).
Let's see- it's NOT "repugnant"
To create class warfare during your campaign and even now while you're in office
You know -- the "fair share" BS, the evil "wealthy"
It's NOT "repugnant" to create racism, stir up the racial pot, at every chance
It's NOT "Repugnant" to lie to the American people daily-- Benghazi , Solyndra, Taxes, OBumacare, etc etc
It's NOT "repugnant" to call Romney a "murderer"
It's not repugnant to call Romney a tax cheat and a liar
Or Bush a Hitler
It's NOT repugnant" to have 16 SS #, at least 4 different alias, a fake , doctored BC
By the way, I AGREE with the statement the boobs in the White house call "repugnant"
Which part is WRONG ?
We all know he is a liar , a fraud , a fake and a commie
an empty suit
No more repugnant than making criminals out of legal gun owners, that had nothing to do with the current string of shootings. I have yet seem or heard anyone advocating senseless killings on behalf of the NRA. You want gun control? Make it personal, put up 10x10 signs in front and back of your property, stenciled with big letters, "THIS HOUSE IS GUN FREE ZONE".
That was the funny thing about what Gawker did when the listed all the legal gun owners.
They not only pissed off the legal gun owners, but also people that did not own guns. After all criminals will know who and where to attempt a burglary.
Now that is irony.
Can the white house be any more hypocritical? If he is going to use his own children as part of the discussion, then he should be willing to allow others to use them as well. He shouldn't hide behind his children.
Mr. Obama is a hypocrtite. He brought four children to his press conference but I guess that is okay, however, if you mention his kids then that is off limits. What a joke.
This is coming from a party that deemed "assault rifles" are the problem, when in actuality it's only 3% of the overall murder problem in the US, per FBI UCR 2011 Murder Table20. I guess if your happy solving only 3% then don't get your underwear in a bunch when the next major situation involves some idiot with his 10/22 .22mm long rifle with 3 10rd mags in his pocket, who was courteous enough to take that extra 5 seconds to reload, ends up taking out a bunch of people using the same sized round as the .223 AR-15. But hey what do I know...I won't be able to help because I've gone outta business.
What if long ago the people had their weapons taken away.?
I don't think the US or a constitution would be here today for any discussion to take place.
The President is a hypocrite, and I have to agree with the NRA's ad. Are his children, and David Gregory's children (who attend the same school), somehow deserving of armed protection, while yours are not? Wake up, idiots. Your blind worship of this wolf-in-sheep's-clothing is appalling. You slobber all over this guy while he continues to take away your constitutionally-guaranteed rights.
I love my kids better than I love Obama's too...AND I HAVE THE RIGHT...AND I WILL PROTECT THEM!!!! We have set up an elitist society where the politicians and the wealthy are the elite...with armed guards protecting them. They want to control the population and pass laws that do not apply to them. There have been numerous studies done that show owning a weapon is a deterrent to crime. If someone breaks into your house...who you gonna call...Obama (sic) ...the police...maybe if you have the chance...but you are dead before they will get there. An incident just happened that made all the news where a woman and her children were pursued through their house...she had a gun and her husband told her over the phone to shoot as he was breaking down the last door. She did and is alive. BTW the 911 dispatcher told her to stay on the line the police were on the way. Fortunately she hung up and called her husband. Our society is a violent one with bad people. You are a fool if you think you are not the first line of defense to protect yourself and your family.
Really? You interviewed most Americans? In fact the NRA brings up a very valid point? If guns don't stop violence and armed guards in schools won't be effective why does Obama have armed guards at his kids school?
He led the attack and the scoffing at the NRA for dare suggesting armed guards or officers at schools and now he's exposed as a complete hypocrite. All these guys live under the protection afforded by firearms but want to rip that protection out form the masses because of a couple crazies and gang-banging minorities.
Not the way I would have put it (too inflamatory), but the point is good - if guns in schools work to defend one school, why not all schools? Nothing about the president's kids except that they are the reason the guns are in that specific school.
Gun owners call White House 'repugnant,' 'cowardly' for invoking children in gun control agenda.
What really irks me about the NRA is that they coerisce the gun club that my husband is a member of to be a member of the NRA! He disagrees with much of the rederick that the NRA preaches. The gun club that he is a member of, tell their members that the NRA supports these gun clubs in different ways. Its so sad that all he wants is a place that is safe for him to sight in his hunting rifles for hunting. Also the NRA is money grubbing business that wants as much money as you can give them. You should see the mailings we get weekly from the NRA! They spend millions in postage, paper and time to beg for money money from their members! We just throw that s++t out!
NRA is rude, crude and so behind the times. They could truly improve be in a better light with millions of people is they were to take the high road about gun control.
I don't think your husband is being truthful and honest with you. He can sight his rifle, shotgun, etc., in the same woods he hunts in.
Also, do you think the criminals care if they get a permit or not. The criminals aren't subjected to background checks, just the honest citizens.
The only thing that truly keeps us safe is each citizens desire to live safely and peacefully and the desire for others to be able to do the same.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
To do that we have laws that everyone for the most part, criminals not included of course, that respect those laws, know what the laws are, and abide by those laws, knowing there are consequences if they don’t.
That is why our system is based on the rules of law.
When an Administration Bypasses those laws, signs an executive order giving amnesty to illegal immigrants, A.K.A Deferred Deportation, the ATF violates those laws by allowing 2,000 guns to be sold and end up in the hands of drug cartels, or delays enforcing those laws, Senator Robert Menendez volunteer intern being an illegal immigrant and convicted child sex offender not being arrested until after the election, what makes you think the citizens should respect and abide by those laws?
Who’s responsible for the decline of our society, We the People or the government that doesn’t enforce the laws that were written and passed lawfully and we all agreed to live by?